You are right that the alternatives have to be as good as the mainstream to succeed. Youtube is so easy. It takes just about any form of video. I do use @threespeak, but it had to be MP4 and you have to upload your own static image for it to use. That can be a real pain on a phone as it has to be a pretty small file. I see dtube videos on Hive, but I have not used it recently. Not tried libry, but then I'd have to start from scratch there.
Apart from ease of use the other issue is the size of the audience. If your videos are not seen then there is little point. As I see it amateurs like me are doing better than they should as it stands. If real pros can move into Hive and bring their audience then the rewards distribution will change in their favour. I will make the most of it whilst it lasts. At least I have enough HP to give fairly good votes.
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So is there a trick to signing up for @threespeak? The signup page asks for an email and password, but then doesn't do anything. At least that's how it worked for me.
You should crosspost to LBRY with your video stuff. You would probably do good there. A lot of the crypto community is over there and everyone is supporting each other. I actually have to get over there more, but you earn for watching videos and participating too.
Working on building up my voting power now. I'm a lot more confident in HIVE! going to be doing another decent power up on PUD day and get my HP up over 2K. I'm still really small, but I'm going to keep growing this account. Doubled my vote power already since Steemit. I'm loving the community spirit that's growing now too. We didn't have this with Steemit! There's a pride factor growing now! That's awesome!
Maybe talk to the 3speak people on Discord as I'm sure they will want you on board. I think I had some issues initially, but now I just log in each time. Had to connect it to my Hive account. It's been a while, so not sure what was involved.
We need to build on what we have with Hive. We need to pull in other crypto communities as well as content creators. I think we have a good basis, but growth has been a struggle for various reasons. It has been frustrating.
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I got it straightened out. I have no idea what was going on this afternoon. After dinner, clicked sign up, and was good to go a few minutes later. Posted my first video their and all went well. Might start doing a weekly vlog on the crypto space.
Good to hear that. I am using Youtube less these days, but I never made a cent from it anyway. We need to encourage people to move away from it.
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